From: "Michael Büsch" <m@bues.ch>
To: Hauke Mehrtens <hauke@hauke-m.de>
Cc: b43-dev@lists.infradead.org, linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org,
brcm80211-dev-list@broadcom.com
Subject: [RFC] b43-fwcutter: Add support for generating a fw for brcmsmac
Date: Sun, 23 Sep 2012 21:39:34 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20120923213934.4da339ae@milhouse> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1348425562-30730-1-git-send-email-hauke@hauke-m.de>
On Sun, 23 Sep 2012 20:39:22 +0200
Hauke Mehrtens <hauke@hauke-m.de> wrote:
> The normal firmware for brcmsmac is available in the linux-firmware git
> repository, but this firmware does not work on a bcm4716 devices with a
> ieee80211 core rev 16. When using a firmware extracted from the
> proprietary Broadcom driver the device works with brcmsmac.
>
> I tested a firmware version 666.2 extracted from the proprietary driver
> with brcmsmac on a BCM4716 and a BCM43224 and haven't seen any
> problems. The interface between the firmware and the driver changed
> some times, brcmsmac only support firmware version 598 and newer.
>
> For some entries in the firmware used by brcmsmac, fwcutter has to be
> more extended, so we are adding dummy entires for them in
> brcmsmac_add_dummy_entries(). Currently these entries are not used by
> brcmsmac, but it is checked if they are in the archive.
>
> I would still appreciate if Broadcom could release a firmware with
> support for the ieee80211 core found in the bcm4716.
>
> Signed-off-by: Hauke Mehrtens <hauke@hauke-m.de>
I'm OK with it. Some other comments?
--
Greetings, Michael.
PGP encryption is encouraged / 908D8B0E
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2012-09-23 18:39 [RFC] b43-fwcutter: Add support for generating a fw for brcmsmac Hauke Mehrtens
2012-09-23 19:39 ` Michael Büsch [this message]
2012-09-24 21:09 ` Michael Büsch
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